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In the entry for the McCormick House in the three volume Complete Works, Pfeiffer gives Wright's account of meeting with the McCormicks to show them the drawings. Though Mrs. McCormick rejected the design outright, apparently Wright let them keep the presentation drawings he created. Has anyone ever tried to track these down? I can't help but wonder if they're out there somewhere, in some grandchild's attic.

Does anyone know how many drawings are known? I've seen a few plans and perspectives, but not much else.

There isn't much on record; I imagine you've found all of it. Here are the entries in Monograph 3 (1987) and in Taschen I (2009). There are a few more words about the nature of the project, in the Mono text.

The only illustration found in the Monograph. There's a smaller but more legible version of this sheet in "In the Nature of Materials."

Then the Taschen entry:

The remaining visuals, not here presented at their best -- though the color of the water-level perspective is interesting -- are seen below.

As indicated in the Taschen text, the Wasmuth Portfolio (and its many reprints) contain just three plates for the project: plan, aerial view and water-level view.

Coonley on steroids. If this extravaganza had been built, it would likely have been demolished, left to molder or turned into a multi-family compound. Rich Americans who can afford such a place tend to think of themselves as akin to European aristocracy, and this house is not chateaux-esqe enough for them, as it wasn't right for Mrs. McCormick. (Wasn't she a Rockefeller?)

I think the rooms of those two large pavilions with fireplaces on the lake side would have been pretty cool.

If memory serves, Edith and Harold got involved with Carl Jung and his method of psychology and moved to Geneva.
I think Edith became a Jungian therapist after they divorced.
She may have given a large part of her fortune to Jung - not sure about these details._________________Nothing lasts forever
FLLW

Did this ever go to working drawings? When I was studying Wright in depth, I was surprised at how many projects wen to full construction docs, but didn't ultimately get built. No doubt this was due to the surprise estimates from builders based on these drawings.

The mid-century architect I'm now studying never seemed to do final drawings unless the project was a go.